“Vacation” by The Go-Go's

"Vacation" was the title track and first single from the Go-Go's 1982 album on I.R.S. Records, and it's pure sun-bleached new wave, all jangle, handclaps and harmonies that feel like the last day of school. Charlotte Caffey and Kathy Valentine wrote the music, with Jane Wiedlin joining them on the words. Valentine had first written it alone for her earlier band the Textones, who put it out in 1980.

Billboard called it a perfect summer record, and Cash Box heard propulsive power pop, which about covers it. It gave the all-female band their second US top-10 hit, and their last, backed with the surf rocker "Beatnik Beach". It also made a little history: I.R.S. issued it as what is thought to be the first cassette single in America, the "cassingle".

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